Convertible glare and auxiliary windshield



Feb. 5, 1929. 1,701,383

` n F. T. MCCAHILL CONVERTIBLE GLARE AND AUXILIARY VWINDSHIELD Filed Jan.24, 1927 2 sheets-sheer 1` zvenror fFanc/'s P75 Cahi/ Fd. 5, 1929. L 1,701,383

F. T. MGCAHILL CONVERTIBLE GLARE AND AUXILIARY WINDSHIELD Filed Jan. 24, 1927 2 Smets-sheet 2 YPatented Feb. 5, r1929.

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MINNEAPOLIS, MTNNESOTAf.

CONVERTIBLE' GLARE AND AUXILI-RY DSHIELD.

Cbntinuatien, 0f;- appliatoni Serial No. 124,373. fiediluly 2.8 192,6: 'Dhiseppncation fired January, 2',

19,22, Serial This invention relates to improvements in windshieldsadapted for utilization on automobiles ofthe roadster type, and,speciheally,

to protectors of this character which are so` mounted as to operate, in one position, as a windshield for the rear seat, and, in another position, as a glare shield shading the front seat.

In the roadsterl type of automobiles itis customary to so pivotally mount a collapsible top for the front seat that the raised top will cover said seat and, when lowered, the top will ext-end backwardly towards the rear seat.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a Windshield so mounted as to be auton'iatically positioned to function as a glare shield for the front seat when the top is elevated, and as a windshield for the rear seat when the top is lowered.

Other objects of the invention will be made apparent in the following specifications, when read in vconnection with the drawings forming a part thereof.

This application is iled as a continuation of or in substitution for my co-pending application, SenNo. 124,373, ledJuly 23, 1926, allowed Dec. 10, 1926. 1 v

In the drawings:

of the roadster type having a front seat, a

rear seat, and a topV to which the shield is attached;r saidy top is shown down, the shield operating as a protector for the rear seat- Fig. 2 is a fragmentary view vof the parts shown in Fig. 1 with the top inthe raised position. In this position the' shield serves as a glare protector' for the front seat.

Fig. 3 is an .enlarged fragmentary detail view partly in side elevation, longitudinal central section, showingthe shield. asin Fig. 2, functioningas a glare shield.. j

Now referring specifically to the drawings, in which vlike reference numerals Aindicate like parts throughout theseveral views:`

My invention is shown as applied to anA automobile of the roadster type indicated as an entirety byy the numeral 4, and equipped with a front seat 5, rumble seat 6, main Windshield 7, top 8, mounted at 9 for pivotal movement between the seats 5 andy and,

when raised, secured to the main windshield 7. The parts thus far described are standard,

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of an automobilev and partly in Y and are `well understood by those familiar withx auton'iobile eonstuuction.

A convertible' glare, and auxiliary \v,indshield 10 is secured to the front edge of the top V8, andfslants forwardly and downwardly as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The shield is made of transparent glass mounted in a frame 11, the ends of the shield 10 being piv-Y oted at 12 to a pair of arms 13, which are in turnipivoted at 141:l to the front end of the 17 to one'of thetransverse members of the frame 11. By reference to Fig. 3 it will be noted that the curtain 16, in its full line position, affords a cover for the transparent shield 10. To remove the curtain 16 from the shield 10 it is only necessary to reverse said shield and thereby cause the roller 15 to Wind said curtain thereon as indicatedby vbroken lines in Fig. 3. n

y When the top 8 is down or folded, as shown in Fig.v 1, the arms 13 are turned upward in rearwardlyV inclinedv positions and support the shield 10 in a position in-Which it serves as an auxiliary windshieldfor an occupant of rumble seat v6. When the shield 10 is pant of the rumble seat 6 mayl see through the same. Then the top 8 is up, the arms 13 may be angularly adjusted to hold the` shield 1 0 at the desired angle toserve as a glare shield, and in this use of said shield, the

yshown in Fig. 1, by pulling the'jcurta-in 16 from its roller 15 and Vover said shield, there- In some instances 1t might be desired to is Wound on itsl roller 15- same is of course reversed from its positiony dispense with the'curtain 16 and itsvroller",

15 and form the shield 10 from a translucent material suoli as amber glass. As previously stated, the arms 13 may be pivotally moved to angularly adjust the shield l() in front of the n'iain Windshield 7.V Said arins 13 lnay also be angularly adjusted to set the .shield l0 in any desired position when used as an auxiliary Windshield for the rear seat n. `When the top 8 is down, the shield 10,7s-erving' as an auxiliary Windshield, of course protects an oeonpant of the rear seat 5 against a driving wind in the direction of travel of the vehicle.

lVlodilieations of the structure lierein described may be suggested to those skilled in the art, but my invention covers all embodiments falling` fairly Within the scope of the appended Claim.

llfhat elairn is:

A vehicle having tandem seats, a top foldable between said seats and a. .shield mounted 20 on the forward end of said top and operating as a Windshield for a rear seat when the top is folded.

in testimony whereof I affix my signature.

FRANCS T. MGCAHXLL. 

